Great Books About Language

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Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World
af Nicholas Ostler
1,728 medlemmer
35 anmeldelser
4
8 Members
timspalding, lorax, hailelib, jjwilson61, staffordcastle, anglemark, DaynaRT, nijer
3
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
af Steven Pinker
5,967 medlemmer
60 anmeldelser
4
7 Members
timspalding, lorax, kaixo, TedWitham, thorold, C4RO, nijer
4
Lost Languages: The Enigma of the World's Undeciphered Scripts
af Andrew Robinson
620 medlemmer
7 anmeldelser
3.8
6 Members
timspalding, DaynaRT, kiracle, Garzo, TrulyAragorn, nijer
5
The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language
af John McWhorter
1,394 medlemmer
32 anmeldelser
3.8
5 Members
timspalding, DaynaRT, keristars, aulsmith, nijer
6
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention
af Guy Deutscher
1,179 medlemmer
33 anmeldelser
4.2
5 Members
DaynaRT, keristars, ahef1963, Akubra, nijer
7
Professoren og galningen : en beretning om mord, sindssyge og tilblivelsen af Oxford English Dictionary
af Simon Winchester
12,089 medlemmer
295 anmeldelser
3.8
4 Members
clue, HollyBoggie, BookLizard, Tanya-dogearedcopy
8
Le Ton Beau De Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language
af Douglas Hofstadter
922 medlemmer
13 anmeldelser
4
4 Members
andyl, lorax, lilithcat, elenchus
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Writing Systems: A Linguistic Introduction
af Geoffrey Sampson
161 medlemmer
4
5 Members
kaixo, Garzo, aulsmith, TrulyAragorn, nijer
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Old English and Its Closest Relatives
af Orrin W. Robinson
295 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
5 Members
anglemark, kiracle, inge87, TrulyAragorn, nijer
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The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
af Margalit Fox
702 medlemmer
37 anmeldelser
4.1
4 Members
inge87, souloftherose, TrulyAragorn, nijer
12
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
af Guy Deutscher
1,225 medlemmer
42 anmeldelser
3.8
4 Members
hailelib, kaixo, Akubra, nijer
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
af H.W. Fowler
3,059 medlemmer
23 anmeldelser
4.1
4 Members
Edward, Noisy, thorold, meghan-ellice,andyl ,aulsmith
Forklaringer
aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general
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Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
af David Bellos
829 medlemmer
32 anmeldelser
3.8
3 Members
kaixo, wandering_star, nijer
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Think On My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language
af David Crystal
119 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
3.9
3 Members
staffordcastle, HollyBoggie, TrulyAragorn
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From Elvish to Klingon: Exploring Invented Languages
af Michael Adams
125 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
3.8
3 Members
inge87, electrice, TrulyAragorn
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The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary
af Peter Gilliver
338 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
4
3 Members
inge87, TrulyAragorn, meghan-ellice
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Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened Languages
af Mark Abley
640 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
3 Members
timspalding, lorax, DaynaRT
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Hverdagens metaforer metaforer
af George Lakoff
2,516 medlemmer
18 anmeldelser
3.9
3 Members
kiracle, HollyBoggie, nijer
20
Betydningen af Tingo og andre usædvanlige ord fra hele verden
af Adam Jacot de Boinod
772 medlemmer
12 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
2 Members
C4RO, martensgirl
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Language Myths
af Laurie Bauer
561 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
2 Members
Edward, Shimmin
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The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building
af David J. Peterson
471 medlemmer
14 anmeldelser
4
3 Members
TrulyAragorn, Akubra, meghan-ellice
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Talking Hands: What Sign Language Reveals About the Mind
af Margalit Fox
248 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
4.1
3 Members
lorax, aulsmith, nijer
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Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin
af Nicholas Ostler
647 medlemmer
10 anmeldelser
3.8
3 Members
inge87, TrulyAragorn, nijer
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History in English Words
af Owen Barfield
343 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
3.9
3 Members
elenchus, TrulyAragorn, nijer
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Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
af Maryanne Wolf
1,768 medlemmer
50 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
2 Members
hipdeep, meghan-ellice
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In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology, and Myth
af J. P. Mallory
707 medlemmer
8 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
timspalding, DaynaRT
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Bastard Tongues: A Trailblazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages
af Derek Bickerton
171 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
2 Members
lorax, aulsmith
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The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do with the Other
af Walker Percy
474 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
HollyBoggie, elenchus
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Experiences in Translation
af Umberto Eco
398 medlemmer
6 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
2 Members
birder4106, meghan-ellice
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Historical Linguistics
af R. L. Trask
97 medlemmer
½ 4.6
2 Members
Akubra, meghan-ellice
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A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
af Carl Darling Buck
126 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
4.1
2 Members
kiracle, Garzo
33
The Language Construction Kit
af Mark Rosenfelder
235 medlemmer
6 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
andyl, aulsmith
34
Mysteries of the Alphabet: The Origins of Writing
af Marc-Alain Ouaknin
191 medlemmer
3.8
2 Members
macoram, nijer
35
An Atlas of English Dialects
af Clive Upton
72 medlemmer
3.8
2 Members
C4RO, nijer
36
Word Play: What Happens When People Talk
af Peter Farb
295 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
HollyBoggie, nijer
37
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
af Melvyn Bragg
1,709 medlemmer
35 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Member
Bretzky1
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Language in Thought and Action
af S. I. Hayakawa
942 medlemmer
10 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Member
ManWithAnAgenda
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Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog
af Kitty Burns Florey
737 medlemmer
30 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
Member
cbl_tn
40
Dissemination
af Jacques Derrida
706 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Member
paradoxosalpha
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Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants, and the Origins of Language
af Dean Falk
50 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
Member
macoram
42
Weltgeschichte der Sprachen
af Harald Haarmann
33 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
4.1
Member
birder4106
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The German Language Today: A Linguistic Introduction
af Charles Russ
26 medlemmer
Member
kiracle
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French Lessons: A Memoir
af Alice Kaplan
343 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
Member
cbl_tn
45
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
af Lynne Truss
15,705 medlemmer
334 anmeldelser
3.8
6 Members
staffordcastle, Noisy, AnnaClaire, suitable1, souloftherose, meghan-ellice,Edward ,andyl ,lorax ,hailelib , ,keristars , , ,aulsmith
Forklaringer
aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general
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The Story of English in 100 Words
af David Crystal
424 medlemmer
31 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
Member
Garzo
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The World's Major Languages
af Bernard Comrie
335 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Member
aulsmith
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By Hook or By Crook
af David Crystal
267 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
Member
cbl_tn
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Languages of the World: An Introduction
af Asya Pereltsvaig
76 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
4.2
Member
Akubra
50
Saving the Appearances: A Study in Idolatry
af Owen Barfield
376 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
Member
elenchus
51
Describing Morphosyntax: A Guide for Field Linguists
af Thomas E. Payne
158 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
½ 4.5
Member
Akubra
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The English Language: A Guided Tour of the Language
af David Crystal
306 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 3.7
Member
C4RO
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Indo-European and Its Closest Relatives: The Eurasiatic Language FamilyVolume 1, Grammar
af Joseph Greenberg
26 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 2.5
Member
kiracle
54
The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages
af K. David Harrison
155 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 3.7
Member
Akubra
55
Indo-European and Its Closest Relatives: The Eurasiatic Language FamilyVolume 2, Lexicon
af Joseph Greenberg
17 medlemmer
Member
kiracle
56
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
af Steven Pinker
3,297 medlemmer
38 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
meghan-ellice
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The Story of English
af Robert McCrum
2,729 medlemmer
25 anmeldelser
3.9
Member
staffordcastle,DaynaRT
58
How Language Works
af David Crystal
918 medlemmer
12 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Member
C4RO,lorax
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The Transitive Vampire
af Karen Elizabeth Gordon
659 medlemmer
11 anmeldelser
4
Member
staffordcastle,aulsmith
Forklaringer
aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general
60
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
af Steven Pinker
1,808 medlemmer
16 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
61
Seeing Voices
af Oliver Sacks
1,614 medlemmer
31 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
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Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf
af Benjamin Lee Whorf
587 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
63
What Language Is: And What It Isn't and What It Could Be!
af John McWhorter
246 medlemmer
8 anmeldelser
4
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Understanding Cultures through their Key Words
af Anna Wierzbicka
53 medlemmer
½ 4.5
65
Translating lives : living with two languages and cultures
af Mary Besemeres
19 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
4
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Language: The Big Picture
af Peter Sharpe
16 medlemmer
67
The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English
af Henry Hitchings
404 medlemmer
9 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
Member
nijer,Bretzky1
68
Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
af Ammon Shea
835 medlemmer
36 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
Member
AnnaClaire, ,aulsmith
Forklaringer
aulsmith : This is about doing something stupid so you can write a book about it.
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The Dictionary of Made-Up Languages: From Elvish to Klingon, The Anwa, Reella, Ealray, Yeht (Real) Origins of Invented Lexicons
af Stephen D. Rogers
79 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
Member
meghan-ellice,timspalding ,aulsmith
Forklaringer
aulsmith : It's a dictionary, not a book about anything.
70
Mind the Gaffe: The Penguin Guide to Common Errors in English
af R. L. Trask
204 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
4.1
Member
AnnaClaire,lorax ,DaynaRT ,aulsmith
Forklaringer
aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general
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The Mother Tongue
af Bill Bryson
7,777 medlemmer
156 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
hipdeep, nijer,Edward ,lorax ,DaynaRT ,
Forklaringer
lorax : An error-ridden mess.
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Lapsing into a Comma : A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print--and How to Avoid Them
af Bill Walsh
622 medlemmer
7 anmeldelser
4
Member
AnnaClaire,lorax ,DaynaRT ,aulsmith
Forklaringer
aulsmith : This is about a single language, not language in general